Does anyone have information about the accuracy American University’s net price calculator? I have a feeling the calculator on their website is not very reliable for families with a household income over $99,999. The calculator also uses tuition from the 2014-2015.
My parents want me to start looking up costs with the financial information they saved to my college board account. I’m not sure what to report back about AU…
I was just at preview day and went to the ED presentation. The Financial Aid representative said not to rely on the NPC for accurate estimates. She said they use a combination of the FASFA & CSS to determine financial aid and it’s too complicated for the NPC to estimate. They do award merit regardless of the EFC. So if your EFC is greater the COA, you still have a chance for merit.
Haven’t you already asked this? The NPC isn’t accurate and AU doesn’t guarantee to meet full need. Indeed, the meet it for a very small percentage of students.